My favourite reads of 2011

I've seen a few posts of Top Fives and Top Tens but .... I can't choose 5 or 10 so I'm just going to put ALL my favourites from 2011.










































And if I've done this right, you should be able to click on the cover to get to the review.
I just realised that I forgot my last read of the year and I don't want to have to redo the whole layout so I'm adding at the bottom.

Stockings & Suspenders by various authors

As the temperature drops, the women in this collection of stories find naughty and delicious ways to warm up for the holidays.

A boss with a proposal to make her sweat, a promise from an Italian assistant, a cabin in the middle of nowhere with two men waiting to cater to her every desire, a special surprise for a lonely solider...

All of these encounters and more from ten talented authors. Get ready for some holiday loving...Evernight style.

So, much like I did with 'Twas a Dark and Delicious Christmas, I'm going to do a little mini review for each story.

The Proposal by London Saint James
Grace gets an interesting proposal from her boss, Draven.
I really enjoyed Grace's voice in this wee story. And the sex was really fun, a little for your voyeuristic side.

Chasing Miss Kringle by C.R. Moss
PI Jack gets dragged into a hunt for and elf, only Kristina turns out to be more than he baragined for.
Jack as a narrator was okay and the story was good. The sex scenes were okay as well. Not the best in the anthology but still a light, fun read.

Snow Angel by Jezebel Jorge
Author Minerva gets stuck in a snow drift on her way to see her family for christmas but gets rescued by sexy stranger, Brian.
As a lead female, Minerva was kind of annoying and while the sex was okay, there were too many spelling and editing mistakes for my liking. It throws the whole run of a story if I'm constantly fixing things in my head.

Naughty & Nice by Lila Shaw
Succubus Chrissy gets Santa's outsourced sexy gift requests and this year she gets sent to a tiny island with Lt. Ramsay.
I enjoyed Chrissy as a narrator and the story was okay with some fun sex in there too.

Making the Naughty List by Seleste deLaney
Elf Daisy gets a special assignment from Santa to try and get Gage off the naughty list.
This is actually a continuation from Seleste's story in 'Twas a Dark and Delicious Christmas. A really fun story with a likeable narrator and some great sex. Anything with light bondage always gets my attention.

A Very Naughty Christmas by Carolyn Rosewood
Nita gets lost on the way to see her family but luckily for her, Cameron and Alex are more than happy to take her in from the snow.
Wow! Really, that's all I have to say about this one. Just .... wow!! Threesomes FTW!

Promises by Xondra Day
Leda asks her employee Joey to spend the night when he seems stranded at work.
There were a few mistakes in this story as well but not enough to distract me from the great sex.

Santa's Little Helper by Kelly Yeakle
Miranda needs a job before her dad cuts off her trust fund money. Luckily, Craig has a position he'd like her to fill.
A sweet little turn-your-life-around story with a fairly likeable lead and a hot guy.

Mistletoe Masquerade by Alaska Angelini
Jeanie gets invited to a masquerade by a secret admirer. Little realising that Jared & Edward have some big plans for her.
I really like Jeanie's voice, shy woman exploring her sexual interests. Again, threesomes FTW!

Letter to Santa by Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Lonely Elise writes a letter to Santa asking for one thing - a lover.
Elise is an exceedingly cute lead and there is some great sex in this wee story.


Amazon UK: Stockings and Suspenders

A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang

Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and as sexy as sin incubus who shows up searching for his sister — and is convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invading her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As Abby is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, she realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart — and there’s no one she can trust to save her.

The cover of this intrigued me when I saw it ages ago and I know my friend Julie is a huge advocate of Allison Pang so I decided it would be the first purchase I made for my new shiny kindle.

I love the world Pang has created here and I really liked Abby's voice. The storyline itself was really very intriguing and original, at least to my eyes. All her characters are well written and stand out on their own, I really loved Phineas (read it to see why) and hope he's in the next book.

A great debut (I think(hope!)) from Pang with the potential to be a good fun series.


Book Depository: A Brush Of Darkness
Amazon UK: A Brush of Darkness